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16 Jul 2018

What? In the heart of London's bustling financial district finding a post-work eatery for fine dining and a good atmosphere can, rather remarkably, prove to be a bit of a tall order. Enter Chiswell Street Dining Rooms that manages to fuse white table-cloth traditionalism with a killer menu and fun crowd.

What's the crowd? Friends and couples catching up.

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We ate… We kicked off our meal with the salt baked beetroot, goat's curd and candied walnut salad and a rather delectable Gin-cured Scottish salmon, horseradish cream and pickled cucumber confection. For main course, we'd heard plenty of good things - and justifiably so - about the fish and chips, served with skin-on fries, a light batter, homemade tartare sauce and a pea purée. We also dipped into a Devonshire Red chicken which was served with crisp bacon and a sage and onion jus and cooked to utter perfection.

We drank… A fabulous bottle of white wine from Gavi which didn't even touch the sides of the exceptional wine menu. We also had an aperitif or two in the form of a Hendrick's gin and tonic, expertly served with a slice of cucumber.

Don't forget to ask for… The dessert menu. Poached woodland figs in a sloe gin jelly accompanied by a smoked salt sorbet actually exists and you have to try it.

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The perfect +1 is… Your other half. This is a cracking date spot.

-140 verdict: Attentive service and delicious dishes, we'd say go mid-week to catch the bustle of The City.